(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: at 8. a developing story out in san jose. firefighters are battling a grass fire near the eastridge shopping center. witnesses say the fire is burning in a field at the southend of the shopping center near quimby road. you can see the heavy smoke. but mall officials say they have been told the fire does not pose a threat to the shopping center. helicopters have been dropping water over the blaze. reid-hillview airport. which is less than 2 miles from the fire says the airport and air traffic have not been affected. kron4 crews are on the way.

we'll continue to bring the latest developments. right now we have >> as we're speaking right now the fire is contained but not under control we are in a mock upstage to take care of the hot spot areas. >> pam: we are looking at video coverage per annum by abc news. >> close to a mobile home park people that were treated but released treated and evaluated but other than that most of the residents

were pretty safe. >> pam: that was at the up mobile home development at the west side? it was difficult to tell from the video of how close the fire in the residential development was. >> it was on the other side of quinn be rolled so it was pretty safe as. as far as the other homes were just trying to contain keep it contained and it from and injuring at any other people. we h the east bay lanes oakland be blown up shutdown so that we can continue to mop up the area

and a hot spot areas. >> pam: what are your plans as we head into the nighttime areas. at a nighttime hours and the wind will be picking up what is the ninth time plant spirit are the night time pl ans? are you worried about flareups? >> always worry about flareups that is why we are all here to try to tame and mop up so that there are no flareups. >> make sure that if you do see something any small

flames or something that will like it may be catching on fire please call and report is so that you are not in any type of danger. >> pam: thank you for your update for the fire. it is now contained in east san jose. that video from earlier in see the crews were still there they will be on scene for the rest of the night to make sure that there are no hot spots to make sure that they're no flareups and neck area. >> pam: across the state tonight. hot, dry and windy weather. making it difficult for firefighters. across the state tonight. hot, dry and windy weather. making it difficult for firefighters. kron 4's chief meterologist jacqueline bennett is in our weather center with an update on how long these dangerous conditions are expected to last. crews in california battling multiple wildfires. >> jacqueline: in southern california -- crews are making some progress against a wind-

whipped wildfire burning through coastal wilderness. the springs fire in ventura . and we are still seen low humidity and parts. as for humidity local and the bay area still not great 18 percent humidity in san jose below 20 critical fire danger in north bay. still seeing high humidity in the team spirit that was the hot weather we did see today. red flag warnings tonight until tomorrow. more details. >> pam: battling multiple

wild fires tonight. burning through coastal wilderness the spring fire in the tour counting. county.erupted thursday in the camarillo area and has nearly tripled in size since morning. growing to more than 43 square miles. fire officials says the 18- thousand acre fire is threatening as many as 4- thousand homes. and damaging more than a dozen other. right now -- the springs fire is 20-percent contained. no injuries have been reported and in northern california. crews reached full containment on the 125-acre blaze- called the yellow fire - in sonoma county. and a 200-acre fire in glenn county. a separate brush fire broke out in the hills of southern california in the city of glendale. it prompted more evacuations. the fire north of state route two. spread across the freeway and uphill. and now other nearby a freeway shutdown between the 1-34 and the 2-10 is causing a traffic back up.

>> pam: now at a kron4 has the documents of this third grade teacher allegedly did interested in her care at the school in union city. eight and nine year-old girl recounting how their teacher fondled them during recess. accused of inappropriate conduct with a gross between eight and nine years old more details on the charges against michael howard. now at eight. kron

four has city. the six page document detailing the accusations. eight and nine year old girls recounting how their teacher kissed and fondled a union city elementary school teacher has been counts of child molestation. appropriate conduct with 8 school kron 4's dan kerman is here charges against michael howey. his arraignment but did not enter a plea. he faces 2 felony cuonts of lewd acts upon a child and 5 misdameanor counts of child molestation. all deal with in appropriate touching with a sexual purpose. some more we've looked at the police departments probable cause document which sheds some light on what he's accused of. it details numerous himself. among the allegations. numerous instances of howey kissing 8 and 9 year old girls on the lips, something using his tongue. lifting up their clothing to caress their back and stomach and also touching their behind. there are also allegations of hugging them and having them sit on his lap. >> reporter: after howey was arrested police told him it would help the children if he was honest about what happened. according to documents. howey hung his head and cried as he admitted he had made "some mistakes." bail has been set at 350-thousand dollars and he is due back in court to enter a plea on tuesday. >> pam: could there be additional?

>> reporter: charges that is possible. he has been a teacher for more than a decade and the police investigation is continuing. >> pam: also new at 8. catch-this-groper.html richmond police are alarmed about a nearly forty per cent increase in crime in the immediate area around the richmond bart station. dozens of victims have been robbed at gunpoint in recent weeks and two arrests of multiple suspects in those robberies show a disturbing trend in their frequency and arrested. >> some of the robberies occurred moments apart where we would document three or four robberies in a one hour period. two more fifteen year olds and a fourteen year old were identified as being involved in robberies. these young offenders were pretty ruthless and pretty brutal and impulsive and that really scared us. one >> pam: of those arrested was as young as twelve years old. >> pam: and the parents of local

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intersection of main street and howard st. from the third line runner's head west, howard st on to nine street and then there's left and to hate st. the highest point in a race on a downhill one block later makes a right turn and then route parallels into bearing right into them market itself. passing the conservatory of flowers and museum and then towards the west and 1 turns to love and another quick turn to the right and to martin luther king jr. and then on to lincoln the finish line is right here the news room charles clifford.

>> pam: 16 days in tiv to breakers we will have a camera and cruise we cannot miss a step happening sunday may 19th. >> pam: giving things today for the continuing support of their 12 celebrating 12th day as recover once been a expect in a deckhand as he struck kid he was completely he was in pain, his leg was really damaged, and he saw the people around him. but for anyone he did a pretty good juppe of the bill in the

chaos. >> he like to go to the movies with his friends he will like to get back to his sports, and return to school because he is worried about his great. (laughter) he is ready to be and again. >> pam: just released photographs celebrating his 12th arrived back in the bay area this week, and his parents say, while his recovery therapy. before he can scarring from the blasts. >> pam: officials release the death certificate for tamerlan tsarnaev the older brother in the boston bombing investigation. it shows that he was killed by gunshot wounds and blunt force trauma to his head and torso. it all happened when his brother drove over him while fleeing a shoot out with police today we also found out where tamerlan's funeral will be held -- despite a lot of local outrage.

>> catherine: after the body of tamil un so baia was brought to a from protesters showed up almost immediately. send them back to russia that can do all they want overbear but this is a disgrace. >> it should be somewhere else not in this country. >> catherine: 2009 mug shots were released of tamarin after hitting his girlfriend. capping russell remains the focus but stopped cooperating with authorities. the brothers initially decided on a suicide attack for a fourth

of july the plan was scrapped when the bombs ready sooner the expected. border agents now have to make sure everything international student has a valid student visa. that is because one of the friends were trying to get rid of the evidence getting back into the u.s. without a valid visa kron 4 news. >> jacqueline: we set a new record in seven rows of with 91 degrees same thing when apple with 93. hayward 87 degrees. notice the calls like a lot cooler than what we saw yesterday. about 20 degrees cooler. as we head into the weekend to reflect morning stop scud for

tonight through tomorrow closer to the coastline away from the cosines to warn with that fire danger of the red flag warning. we have a chance of thunderstorms into monday i will tell you more about that along with the red flag warning. low humidity is we have planned we have to upper high- temperature sh. bernie is bandit. 81 for san jose and inland valleys a little warmer and upper 80s 87 in pleasanton. a lot more comfortable for the east bay shores in the '70s about five to 10 degrees cooler than today. and range of 80

for the north bay. secret plans are starting to pick up a little bit more. normally something like this is not affected we will be tracking down a back toward the coastline as we get into the week that's why we have the chance of thundershowers monday. looking at the extended forecast exceptionally cooler to sunday. sixties and 70 degree low temps. a light drizzle near the coast line. >> pam: nestle pizza company is recalling some frozen- pizza products.which might be contaminated with fragments of plastic. here are the pizzas that are affected: california pizza kitchen limited edition grilled chicken with cabernet sauce and crispy thin crust white. digiorno crispy flatbread

pizza tuscan style chicken. digiorno pizzeria! bianca/white pizza the u-s-d-a says one customer reported chipping a tooth after biting into one of the california pizza kitchen products. the fragments are of clear, brittle plastic with sharp edges. >> pam: the f-d-a is performing a safety review on a common ingredient found in antibacterial products. triclosan has been in products like handsoap for more than 40 years. the f-d-a says that the chemical is not known to be hazardous. but several scientific studies show that the chemical may need another look. the f-d-a says that animal studies have shown that the ingredient can change hormone regulation. there is also a possibility that it may cause some bacteria to become more resistant to antibiotics. >> pam: >> reporter: new hybrid on the same next gate slate

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dropping water all over the place earlier this evening. the airport to most part are to announce away from among said that has not been affected by the fire. it is >> reporter: it has taking more than 80 firefighters to put this fire out. about 20 from hellfire. among 540 it was called and between 730 it was contained. working on some of those hot spots showing some light. some of

the robot arm around the grass fire have been shut down. the fire is still under investigation we are not aware of what may have caused the grass fire. do not throw your cigarette butts out there were not sure if that's what caused the fire but due to dry conditions there is a burning ban. no cuts structural damage. >> pam: what are the weather conditions like in san jose is it? >> reporter: in has cooled down now. when i asked if the winds have played a role because we're not really in

mountains he. there were some winners but really was the big issue was staffing. there are gearing up for fire season but fire season came all little early. requiring extra personnel to fight the fire of this magnitude. as >> pam: if you were home owner would you be pretty worried? >> reporter: adjacent to its housing communing. infield's the some with covered in black smoke that are in that

is seniti it are in this vicinity. this certainly could jump if the flames were hot and large enough but it did not get to that point. >> pam: the cruise will stay on the scene throughout the night. we are and real issues with some win it in hot the hot and windy weather combined making it difficult for firefighters. thank you for the update. >> pam: crews in california battling multiple wildfires. in southern california -- crews are making some progress against a wind- whipped wildfire burning through coastal wilderness. the springs fire in ventura county.erupted thursday in the camarillo area and has nearly tripled in size since morning. growing to more than 43 square miles. fire officials says the 18-

thousand acre fire is threatening as many as 4- thousand homes. and damaging more than a dozen other. right now -- the springs fire is 20-percent contained. >> pam: no injuries have been spot reported and in northern california. crews reached full containment on the 125-acre blaze- called the yellow fire - in sonoma county. and a 200-acre fire index of stories... >> jacqueline: record high today in the area we saw temperatures in the '90s for a number of places santa rosa 9193 now up, 8887 in hayward. tied temperatures in san francisco. sea breezes winds will take back

over. going up to the '70s. let's look at the inland valleys were still dry. 20 percent is considered critical fire danger. that plus gusty winds reach issuing a red flag alert from tonight to 3:00 tomorrow. >> pam: police in santa cruz are looking for two suspects tonight passed the runners graft or slept at the one man. sketches at the sketches of the man both

victims were able to get away on injured. police tells us the german lost control of the vehicle and drove into the home. you can see that man dangling a hole on the side of the house the driver of the minivan refused confuse the break is and the gas pedals. pam man with airborne into the garage. cal fire is fighting 5 major who

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he will be back soon and would tell the story of what happened to him along with the video but for now we bring you the video of people behaving badly. >>the need to fix these houses because there are rats running everywhere >> reporter:this is a richmond resident who is tired of all the vacant homes in his neighborhood, and let's be clear here. it's not just the simple fact that the homes are vacant it's has a lot more to do with what happen when they are vacant >> reporter: >> ambiance for example this apartment complex located at the end of 14th street and burbeck is unoccupied there are about three locks on the gate and a dog inside this pickup truck cover to keep the unwanted out but outside the gate it has become an illegal dump sight with all types of trash and furniture littering the

streets ambiance >> reporter: a few blocks away this home is all boarded up so one can enter and strip the home. but go up the steps, yet another illegal ambiance next door yet another vacant apartment with old mattresses dumped on the lawn this is exaclty why the city of richmond recently passed an ordiance requiring the vacant property owners to register the property with the city so the city of richmond will know who to contact when something like this happens, this house is deemed unsafe but apparently someone kicked the front door in may be inside and on the front lawn this lovely couch,. in fact couches seem to be the item of choice when it comes to illegal dumping ambiance >> reporter: this new ordiance will give richmond code enforement just another tool to cut down on blight and it you are not aware what blight is it's what makes your neighborhood look bad these guys are just finisned putting in new plumbing at a house that was stripped twice before but now the house has been sold this means there is hope for some of these vacant dwellings but before there is hope there needs to be help. holding property owners responsible is the help in richmond stanley roberts kron 4 news

if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, e- mail us at 'people behaving badly' at kron- four-dot- com. >> jacqueline: temperatures of little bit cooler out there tonight. to hit to tomorrow temperatures can cooler warmer in lamb known 90s in the forecast amount. pretty mild on upper 70's and concord and 78 and now the. also oakland 68 degrees. as to look into town we will still see some dry locations for a number of areas. the cause of for concern for fire in north bay with the red flag morning. it goes into effect

and midnight tonight until 3:00 p.m. saturday. low and the temperatures in the south bay, 82 per alpena's in santa clara 84 plaza in 10 and under lot more comfortable for east bayshore small. 69 in center cisco intelligent '80s in the north bay. right now we do not have very much cloud coverage at all of california. you can see some lying low pressure system moved back to the west it is pretty unusual giving chance for a few thunderstorms monday. tomorrow sunning way from the coastline temperatures

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